Window-curtain fixture.



No. 787,751.- y PATENTBD APR. Is, 1905.

L.A,GRANT. WINDOW GURI-AIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1904.

@Zafl `Iia'zented April 18, 1905.

PAT-ENT OFFICE.

LUMAN A. GRANT, OF- SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

WINDOW-CURTAIN FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent` No. 787,751, dated April 18, 1905.

Application led Iuly 13, 1904:. Serial No. 216,399.

To au whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUMAN A. GRANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse. in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Window-Curtain Fixture, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to attachments employed for supporting the shades and hangings upon window-casings, and has forits object to produce a simply-constructed and inexpensive device of this character whereby the ordinary shade-rollers and the supporting means for the hangings and draperies may be independently attached and supported without visibly marring or disfiguring the casing.

With these and other objects in view, which Awill appear as the ynature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and. in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form ofthe embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may be resorted to Without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages, and the right is therefore reserved of making all` the changes and modifications which fairly fall within the scope of the invention and the claims made therefor.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper portion of a casing and to any sized window and for the purpose of illustration is shown applied to an ordinary form of window-casing, as at 10. Attached to the outer edges of the casing at opposite sides near the top, as by screws 1 4,

`are brackets 13d 13b, having square or other similar apertures in their free ends for supporting a square bar 16, the latter extending entirely across the window and varying in length to correspond to the width of the same. Mounted upon the, bar 16 are the curtainroller brackets or hangers'13 13e, having the usual sockets 13a for receiving the journals 11iL of the roller 1'1 of the curtain 12. The upper ends of the brackets 13 and 13 rest against the casing near the bar 16 and are provided at their lower ends with projections 13C, which rest against the casing at a lower point, as shown. By this simple means the roller is firmly supported and the brackets adjustable along the bar 16 to lit any length of roller.

Engaging the bar 16 and held from rotation v thereon, but slidable longitudinally thereof, are vbracket or hanger bars 17 17a for supporting the hanger orAdrapery-supporting means at the outer or free ends. 1n Figs. l and 2 the drapery-supporting means consists of two rods 18 18, having their ends inserted in slots 19 in the hanger members 17 17L and between which the hangings are held, as by a set-screw 21, operating through a lug 20, extending from the member 17a.

vIn the modied construction illustrated in Fig. 3 the bracket 17 b is provided with spaced lugs 22 for the reception of a drapery-supporting roller, (indicated by dotted lines at 23). 'In Fig. 4 is illustrated a further modification of the drapery-roller-supporting bracket,

the bracket in this case comprising a strip of metal provided at one end with a non-circular recess for the reception ofl the rod 16. The strip is twisted to the extent of ninety degrecs, and on its outer end is formed a' seat for the reception of the drapery-roller. In addition to this a set-screw 25 may be added for the purpose of locking the roller in place. Fig.- 5 illustrates a still further modification, in which the bracket 17 is in the form of a strip provided at one end with a non-circular opening for the reception of the rod 16 and at its opposite end with an'opening 26, through which drapery-supporting rods or rollers may be passed and locked in place by set-screws 27.

The brackets 13 13e are precisely alike, ex-

cept that the right-hand bracket is provided 100 with a vertical slot 13 to receive the flattened stud 11L onl the spring-roller 11, while the opposite bracket is provided with a perforation to receive the supporting-stud upon the opposite end of the roller. These bracket members are substantially the same as in the ordinary roller-bracket, and as their operation is so well understood they are not further illustrated. Each set of brackets and hanger attachments is thus supported by two screws and requires no further fastening means and produces no visible marring or disfiguring the casing, as the screws 14 are attached wholly upon the edges of the casing and out of sight. By employing asingle screw for securing each of the hangers or strips in place the upper edges of the brackets 13 13e may be drawn snugly against the face of the window-frame, while the foot portion of each of the brackets also rests against the window-frame and serves in part as a means for preventing any turning movement of the non-circular rod 16. This greatly simplifies the construction, reduces the expense and the labor of placing' the brackets in position, and is therefore an important feature of the invention.

The rods 18 18a are intended to support the lace curtains or other hangings, and after the curtains are in position they may be secured firmly in place by adjusting the set-screw 21, and thereby forcing the rod 18 in the direction of the rod 18a and holding the curtain or hangings between them. The hangings or lace curtains may thus be supported and adjusted in any required position and draped in any desired manner and firmly supported in whatever position may be desired.

The brackets and the hangers may be stamped from sheet metal, if preferred, or they may be of any other metal. They may be constructed in any fanciful design and of any size required and may be modified to suit i different sizes and styles of casings and inte- 1. In a device of the class specified., a pair of brackets having their upper and lower ends adapted to engage against the face of a window-frame, the upper ends of said brackets being provided with non-circular openings, a rod non-circular in cross-section extending through said openings, hangers or strips having non-circular openings for the reception of the rod, means for securing said hangers or strips to the sides of the window-frame and thereby draw the upper and lower ends of the brackets against the face of the window-frame, said brackets being adapted for the reception of a curtain-roller and being independently adjustable longitudinally of the rod, and

drapery-supporting brackets having non-circular openings for the passage of the rod and independently adjustable thereon.

2. In a device of the class specified, a pair of curtain-roller brackets having non-circular openings at their upper ends. a rod non-circular in cross-section extending through the openings, hangers or strips having non-circular openings for the reception of the end portions of the rod, means for securing the ends of said hangers or strips to the side walls of the window-frame, thereby forcing the npper and lower ends of the brackets into contact with the face of the window frame, drapery-supporting brackets having non-circular openings for the passage of the rod and adjustable independently thereon, the inner ends of said drapery-supporting brackets bearing against the front of the window-frame, and their outer ends being provided with slots, drapery-rods extending through the slots, and means for clamping said drapery rods together.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses. v

LUMAN A. GRANT.

Witnesses:

AARON B. LEVI, W. E. MAINs. 

